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Childhood's Domain - Play and Place in Child Development (Paperback)
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Childhood's Domain - Play and Place in Child Development (Paperback)
Series: Psychology Library Editions: Child Development
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Where do children go and what do they do outdoors? How do they
evaluate their own environment? What are their likes and dislikes?
What would they like to see added or changed? How can the outdoor
environment support healthy child development? How is the impact of
the environment affected by its social and physical
characteristics? How can its developmental impact be strengthened
through public policy? These are some of the questions addressed by
Childhood's Domain, originally published in 1986, in which
children, as 'expert' research collaborators, describe their
largely unseen life outdoors. On field trips to secret play places
around their homes, in streets, in parks, and in places laid waste
and abandoned by adult society, they reveal both the pleasure and
difficulties of play in the city. A central concept of the book is
a new term, terra ludens, which represents the accumulated
developmental support that each child receives from her or his
personal play spaces. Terra ludens reflects the degree to which
each child acquires an intuitive sense of how the world is by
playing with it. Field research for the book was conducted in
London, Stevenage New Town and Stoke-on-Trent. Neighbourhood sites
were deliberately chosen to contrast and compare children's
reactions to the characteristics of 'big city', 'new town' and 'old
industrial city' environments. The most interesting experiences
were encountered with children in Stoke-on-Trent. Here, in former
mineral workings functioning as 'playgrounds' equipped with relics
from the heyday of the industrial revolution, in new open spaces
reclaimed from industrial 'wastelands', and in older parks dating
from Victorian times, children demonstrated the creative
possibilities of a landscape of opportunities lacking in the other
two sites. Even so, children in all three sites revealed great
ingenuity in making do with whatever resources they could find to
create viable play environments for themselves.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Psychology Library Editions: Child Development |
Release date: |
November 2019 |
First published: |
1986 |
Authors: |
Robin C. Moore
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Dimensions: |
216 x 138mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-56371-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Psychology >
Child & developmental psychology
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LSN: |
1-138-56371-4 |
Barcode: |
9781138563711 |
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